Crunchy Chocolate Sauce

Name: Crunchy Chocolate Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 1-1/2 cups.
Ingredients: 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans; 1/2 cup butter, cubed; 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips; Ice cream

In Waukesha, Wisconsin, Dolores Kastello dresses up ice cream with an easy three-ingredient topping that's full of nuts. "As this rich chocolate sauce cools over the ice cream, it forms a hard shell that kids (and adults) love," she notes.

Ingredients

1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
1/2 cup butter, cubed
1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
Ice cream

Directions

In a skillet, saute nuts in butter until golden brown. Remove from the heat; stir in chocolate chips until melted. Serve warm over ice cream (sauce will harden). Store leftover sauce in the refrigerator. This sauce can be reheated in the microwave.